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Join us for our weekly hangout with the Planetary Society Casey Dreier hosts guests Emily Lakdawalla and Bruce Betts from the Planetary Society to discuss where and when the two GRAIL spacecraft will smash into the Moon, get the latest news on Curiosity's, travels, and understand the upcoming milestones and steps for the 2020 Rover.

Join @100526514195087244555 for a Hangout On Air on black holes! You'll be able to watch the live discussion right here on our Event page. Please feel free to post your questions for our panelists on this page and we'll do our best to get them answered during our Hangout.
Black holes are some of the most mysterious and misunderstood objects in the universe. Since the confirmation of their existence roughly 40 years ago, they've captured the imagination of astronomers, the public and sci-fi authors who have helped give these invisible giants a bad rap. Join our discussion which will separate fact from fiction and hear the latest developments with NuSTAR, a black hole hunter launched in June by @102371865054310418159 which is swiftly scanning the skies for these space oddities.
We have some special guests lined up, including:
Moderator: KQED QUEST TV producer @107722122431088291351
*Ben Burress*, Staff Astronomer, @111818234279875467079
*William Craig*, Instrument Manager, NuSTAR NASA Mission (http://goo.gl/pQM48)
*Alex Filippenko*, Professor of Astronomy, @115631634705580814770
*Fiona Harrison*, Principal Investigator, NuSTAR NASA Mission
*Watch this trailer embedded on our event page for an upcoming QUEST TV story on black holes!*

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7 year old girl, Zea, ain't got no time for #homophobic preachers(｡◕‿◕｡)Zea stood firm in the face of #hate over the weekend at a celebration of the Supreme Court ruling that legalized same-sex marriage. When a preacher began ranting at her through a microphone, little Zea quietly waved her rainbow flag and never backed down.Source: imgur.﻿

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7 year old girl, Zea, ain't got no time for #homophobic preachers(｡◕‿◕｡)Zea stood firm in the face of #hate over the weekend at a celebration of the Supreme Court ruling that legalized same-sex marriage. When a preacher began ranting at her through a microphone, little Zea quietly waved her rainbow flag and never backed down.Source: imgur.﻿

An animation that combines various observations of Pluto over the course of several decades.

The first frame is a digital zoom-in on Pluto as it appeared upon its discovery by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930 (image courtesy Lowell Observatory Archives). The other images show various views of Pluto as seen by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope beginning in the 1990s and NASA's New Horizons spacecraft in 2015. The final sequence zooms in to a close-up frame of Pluto released on July 15, 2015.

► Watch the complete source list in order with image credits>>http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/views-of-pluto-through-the-years

#pluto #space_exploration #NewHorizons #NASA #Astronomy﻿

An animation that combines various observations of Pluto over the course of several decades.

The first frame is a digital zoom-in on Pluto as it appeared upon its discovery by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930 (image courtesy Lowell Observatory Archives). The other images show various views of Pluto as seen by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope beginning in the 1990s and NASA's New Horizons spacecraft in 2015. The final sequence zooms in to a close-up frame of Pluto released on July 15, 2015.

► Watch the complete source list in order with image credits>>http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/views-of-pluto-through-the-years

Long, but excellent article on the folly of anti-GMO activists. The most frappant conclusion is that anti-GMO activists aren't fighting against the genetical manipulation of organisms, but are fighting a war against science, the scientific method and common sense in general.

It's not enough that a project like Golden Rice could save an estimated 40,000 children's lives a day. It's not enough that companies like Monsanto would very much like people to eat more non-GMO foods sprayed with Bt-insecticides, which they sell lots of every year.

All these anti-GMO zealots have is their dogma and they'll do anything to make it be true, no matter how far they have to twist the truth or cause the tragic deaths of innocents.

An enlightening if mildly nauseating read at the realisation of how much evil is being wrought in the name of 'safe food'. One really ... more »

Long, but excellent article on the folly of anti-GMO activists. The most frappant conclusion is that anti-GMO activists aren't fighting against the genetical manipulation of organisms, but are fighting a war against science, the scientific method and common sense in general.

It's not enough that a project like Golden Rice could save an estimated 40,000 children's lives a day. It's not enough that companies like Monsanto would very much like people to eat more non-GMO foods sprayed with Bt-insecticides, which they sell lots of every year.

All these anti-GMO zealots have is their dogma and they'll do anything to make it be true, no matter how far they have to twist the truth or cause the tragic deaths of innocents.

An enlightening if mildly nauseating read at the realisation of how much evil is being wrought in the name of 'safe food'. One really has to wonder at the underlying agendas of organisations such as Greenpeace in this matter. It's hard to believe that they could be so evil without realising it. Or maybe it's just an astounding level of ignorance.﻿___

7 year old girl, Zea, ain't got no time for #homophobic preachers(｡◕‿◕｡)Zea stood firm in the face of #hate over the weekend at a celebration of the Supreme Court ruling that legalized same-sex marriage. When a preacher began ranting at her through a microphone, little Zea quietly waved her rainbow flag and never backed down.Source: imgur.﻿

7 year old girl, Zea, ain't got no time for #homophobic preachers(｡◕‿◕｡)Zea stood firm in the face of #hate over the weekend at a celebration of the Supreme Court ruling that legalized same-sex marriage. When a preacher began ranting at her through a microphone, little Zea quietly waved her rainbow flag and never backed down.Source: imgur.﻿___